As daft as it all becomes, Vantage Point is never dull. Approach it like a double-bill of 24 and there’s enough excitement to overcome the clichés, particularly during the climactic car chase.
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03/07/08
Vantage Point (2008)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:53
Rotten:98
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Vantage Point has an interesting premise that is completely undermined by fractured storytelling and wooden performances.
Theatrical Release:07-03-2008
Synopsis: A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis's directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain (though much... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Pete Travis
Reviews for Vantage Point
Watchably silly at best, it's the political thriller as an unintentional comedy of errors - 24 meets Noises Off.
03/07/08
Top CriticAs much as we'd like to see an American president made accountable, we don't have to see it over and over and over again.
03/07/08
Top CriticSome okay thrills with good performances and some smarts. But the last reel plunge spoils things.
03/07/08
Top CriticThe stories are cleverly interwoven, with a couple of unexpected twists, and the patient viewer is rewarded with a doozy of a car chase in the last reel.
03/07/08
Top CriticThere's an interesting idea here, showing a major political event from various perspectives until we finally get to the real story. The problem is that the real story is rather contrived.
02/23/08
It charms - despite hitting the odd seam of schmaltz - and teenagers will find much to tempt them away from their X-Boxes and PSPs.
03/07/08
Although mounted with no little efficiency by director Pete Travis (who previously made the TV drama-doc ‘Omagh’), the narrative enterprise actually hides a one-dimensional world view, with civilian casualties mere background set dressing.
03/07/08
Top CriticVantage Point might sound intriguing on paper but it's all gimmick and not a lot of substance.
03/07/08
Top CriticVantage Point is a smart film with a complex plot and lots of action. That's not a typical combination
03/01/08
Chugging forward and chundering back, the movie keeps promising to whip up something hellishly complicated, but what keeps the movie going for an hour and a half is not a complicated plot but a stingy way of dribbling out information.
02/22/08
There's roughly 20 minutes of story here, and no matter how many times they stop and start over again from an even more preposterous angle, it's still going to play out like a lousy episode of 24.
03/17/08
A monument to cinematic suckiness.
03/04/08
The most unintentionally hilarious film so far this year.
02/25/08
Vantage Point is a tense and imaginative thriller that reels you in the longer it goes along, only to lose focus in the last 15 minutes. This final reel misstep is a shame, but it’s not enough to ruin all the good work that’s come before it.
03/20/08
Pete Travis' Rashomon retread reads more like a less funny Groundhog Day.
02/25/08
You can watch a Bugs Bunny cartoon from 10 different angles, and it's still a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Vantage Point is a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
02/22/08
Hey, it’s February, a month when moviegoers have to be thankful for anything diverting.
02/22/08
Alas, this well-crafted terrorist plot is sandwiched between two terrible acts, making for the kind of movie that you should walk into late and sneak out of early.
02/20/08
A nice, straightforward, good old-fashioned geopolitical conspiracy thriller with no pretentions.
02/22/08
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